Brock Stull is following in the footsteps of another former UW-Milwaukee basketball teammate.

Stull announced Tuesday that he is transferring to the University of Minnesota, the same school Akeem Springs went to after leaving UWM in 2016.

Stull, a 6-foot-4 guard from Rockford, Ill., is eligible to play immediately for the Golden Gophers because he graduated this semester from UWM with a degree in criminal justice and spent four years in the program after redshirting as a freshman.

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Stull was UWM's most consistent player, averaging 13.4 points, 4.8 points and 3.1 assists last season. He made 136 three-pointers while at UWM and should give the Gophers, which finished 15-17 last season and missed the NCAA Tournament under Richard Pitino, a big lift from the perimeter.

"It's been rough here, my college experience," said Stull, who was recruited by Rob Jeter and his staff, played for LaVall Jordan for a year after Jeter was fired and then finally Baldwin.

Junior guard Jeremiah Bell and sophomore forward Bryce Nze also were granted their release from the university in late April so they could transfer and play elsewhere.

Various social media posts indicated Butler, North Carolina State, Virginia and Xavier were interested in Stull. In Minneapolis, he will reunite with Jeter, now an assistant coach at Minnesota.

“Being a Midwest kid, it’s all you want to do and for a really good team,” Stull told the Star Tribune about being in the Big Ten Conference. “(It was) nice to get to spend time with those guys and get reunited with Jeter.”